Unfortunately, the shop where I used to work played country music. And one of the songs for which I (involuntarily) learned tge lyrics for was "Don't take the girl" or whatever it's called by...whatever his name is.
In the last verse the guy's wife is going to have a baby and the doctor says she's "fading fast", so Johnny (the husband) gets down on his knees and prays for God to take his life instead of his wife's.
And it occurred to me today that this makes absolutely no sense from a Christian perspective. If only one of you is going to live, you're going to be separated, whatever happens. And whoever dies is probably going to go to heaven, right? That's supposed to be a good thing, isn't it?
So isn't it rather selfish of Johnny to ask to be the one to go to heaven instead of his wife? Why would he ask such a thing?
Or...do Christians not really believe as strongly in an idyllic afterlife as they'd like to think they do?
2007-12-21
14:56:27
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